Re: Question about the listserv

Tom

In the early days of my using the list I quickly encountered the problem of the rejection of a post so carefully and painstakingly constructed. I was informed by some kind person - trying to give credit on the basis of feeble memory it may have been John Giltner - that I needed to discard the three lines starting "For IBM-MAIN ..." which the system slaps onto the bottom of each distributed post.

As long as I do this, only some excessively verbose posts of mine - caused possibly by excessive quoting of some, one hopes, relevant technical material I happened to have created over the years and had the wit to retain - fall foul of the IBM-MAIN system - in transit that is!

It's possible this point is covered in the FAQ to which you were referred but, taking a quick, glance I didn't spot it.

Chris Mason

----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelman, Tom" <Thomas.Kelman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: Question about the listserv


Thanks Greg. So it basically as I figured. Everyone edits that reply to
include just what is needed from previous posts. Ok, I can handle that.

Tom Kelman
Commerce Bank of Kansas City
(816) 760-7632

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Greg Shirey
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 10:42 AM
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Subject: Re: Question about the listserv

Tom,

You might find this informative:
http://www.planetmvs.com/ibm-main/faqp.html#rpost

Regards,
Greg Shirey
Ben E. Keith Company

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Kelman, Tom
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 10:35 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Question about the listserv


I have a question on the proper use of the IBMMain listserv. At times
when I reply my reply is rejected because "it contains an excessive
amount of quoted material from previous posts". I don't have this
problem with other listservs. What is the proper way to reply to a post
on IBMMain?

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